Diamond, a young boy living in nineteenth-century London, has many adventures as he travels with the beautiful Lady North Wind and comes to know the many facets of her protective and violent temper.

Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER I. THE HAY-LOFT -- II. THE LAWN -- III. OLD DIAMOND -- IV. NORTH WIND -- V. THE SUMMER-HOUSE -- VI. OUT IN THE STORM -- VII. THE CATHEDRAL -- VIII. THE EAST WINDOW -- IX. HOW DIAMOND GOT TO THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND -- X. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND -- XI. HOW DIAMOND GOT HOME AGAIN -- XII. WHO MET DIAMOND AT SANDWICH -- XIII. THE SEASIDE -- XIV. OLD DIAMOND -- XV. THE MEWS -- XVI. DIAMOND MAKES A BEGINNING -- XVII. DIAMOND GOES ON -- XVIII. THE DRUNKEN CABMAN -- XIX. DIAMOND'S FRIENDS -- XX. DIAMOND LEARNS TO READ -- XXI. SAL'S NANNY -- XXII. MR. RAYMOND'S RIDDLE -- XXIII. THE EARLY BIRD -- XXIV. ANOTHER EARLY BIRD -- XXV. DIAMOND'S DREAM -- XXVI. DIAMOND TAKES A FARE THE WRONG WAY RIGHT -- XXVII. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL -- XXVIII. LITTLE DAYLIGHT -- XXIX. RUBY -- XXX. NANNY'S DREAM -- XXXI. THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW -- XXXII. DIAMOND AND RUBY -- XXXIII. THE PROSPECT BRIGHTENS -- XXXIV. IN THE COUNTRY -- XXXV. I MAKE DIAMOND'S ACQUAINTANCE -- XXXVI. DIAMOND QUESTIONS NORTH WIND -- XXXVII. ONCE MORE -- XXXVIII. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND.